Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	103% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '17 at 18:36
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Memory 93 1-Core 101 2-Core 221 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 456 53% 410 Pts	64-Core 448 28% 448 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.3% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 100 Parallax 74.2 85% 92.8 fps	MRender 93.6 Gravity 97.6 Splatting 101 80% 97.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 460 240GB-$203 1,730 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6303 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1739 (AB) Unknown 80 80 81771344 (AE) Unknown 100 100 71 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 445 (D2) Unknown 100 100 41 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 86 86 86 (F1) Unknown 100 100 44667 (F2) Unknown 100 100 11712 (F9) Unknown 100 100 1669934771	103% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 461 Mixed 478 107% 479 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 94.6 4K Mixed 35.7 133% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 86.2 127% 238 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 105%
Seagate ST6000NM0024-1HT17Z 6TB 821 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 5TB free Firmware: SN02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 78 63 59258602 (03) Spinup time 87 86 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1936 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 13615694 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3220 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 611 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 17180131332 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 68 54 538247200 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 478 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4846 (C2) HDA temperature 32 46 68719476768 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 63 41 59258602 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	117% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 207 Mixed 180 146% 195 MB/s	4K Read 1.14 4K Write 3.31 4K Mixed 0.4 153% 1.61 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 119%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 12,409 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	99% Outstanding	MC Read 35.1 MC Write 40 MC Mixed 32.8 103% 36 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 38.4 SC Mixed 25.6 79% 27.7 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 112%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,905x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,391x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,329x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	815x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	738x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	603x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	552x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	381x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	300x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16